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Revenge porn: Here’s what to do if someone posts your naked pictures online

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Revenge porn: Here’s what to do if someone posts your naked pictures online

It seems like “revenge porn” is on the rise. The act defined as uploading or sharing intimate still or moving photography without consent, has grown rapidly along with social media and the...

GTU’s Fifth biennial conference commences today

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GTU’s Fifth biennial conference commences today

-focus on empowering members high on agenda With focus on a number of issues of concern to teachers, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) will today commence its Fifth Biennial Congress. The event which...

The end of a tradition?

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The end of a tradition?

There have been many things that disappeared from the face of the earth. Scientists still talk about the disappearance of the dinosaurs. Then there was the disappearance of a bird called the dodo....

Cop in CG gang likely to be charged today

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cop in CG gang likely to be charged today

A Police Constable who was caught on Saturday with an unlicensed 9mm pistol and 15 matching rounds is likely to make his first court appearance today. The cop has been identified only as Benham. He...

Prank calls…It’s not that funny

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prank calls…It’s not that funny

It comes in the middle of the night, when your bones are tired and your mind is hazy. Prank calls are not to be taken lightly. Every person who owns a phone can agree that prank calls can be annoying...

Guyanese woman guilty of murder in Cayman Island

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman guilty of murder in Cayman Island

…stabbed daughter, 6, multiple times CNS): A Grand Court judge has rejected the idea that Tamara Butler was hearing voices when she stabbed and killed her six-year-old daughter last year. They...

High-end rides among scores of wharf vehicles likely for auction

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on High-end rides among scores of wharf vehicles likely for auction

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is moving to dispose of scores of vehicles; some of them high end ones that have been lying on the wharves. According to recent notices published in the Official...

Charge Mr. Jagdeo with the abuse of power

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Charge Mr. Jagdeo with the abuse of power

This man is irredeemable. This man is incredibly insulting. This man is repellant and obnoxious. This man is morbidly barefaced. This man is laughing at the Guyanese people. This man must be...

E’bo rice farmers not happy with paddy price

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo rice farmers not happy with paddy price

Millers in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) have commenced the purchase of paddy as rice farmers begin to sell or orchestrate sales for their product. Reports are that so far rice farmers are being...

Education is key to fighting TB – Minister Norton

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education is key to fighting TB – Minister Norton

Education is crucial to tackling the scourge of Tuberculosis (TB). It is for this reason that Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, recently emphasised that “one of the most strategic...

Buddy’s Pool Hall hosts Heineken UEFA Champions League Promotion

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Buddy’s Pool Hall hosts Heineken UEFA Champions League Promotion

Heineken’s Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) 2016 Promotion continued Saturday night at Buddy’s Pool Hall, Sheriff Street, with Michael Sparrock beating St....

Essequibo children revel in kite-flying

Mar 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo children revel in kite-flying

Easter means a lot to children residing in the hinterland community of Mashabo, in Region Two. In fact, it is regarded as a strong family tradition. On Easter Monday, children were seen flying their...

My country’s history needs to be told

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My country’s history needs to be told

Dear Editor, I was happy to see in a letter in the Stabroek News, March 25 issue, entitled: Amerindians Were Not The First People On The Continent. I am happy that this discussion is finally...

National Assembly Clerk, Sherlock Isaacs clarifies

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on National Assembly Clerk, Sherlock Isaacs clarifies

Dear Editor, Further to my initial response to the article published in the Kaieteur News of Sunday, 13th March, 2016, headlined “National Assembly Clerk acquires 54,000 acres of mining lands in 3...

Abused children need more official protection

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Abused children need more official protection

Dear Editor, Despite the fact that the Ministry has publicly committed to establishing partnerships with state and non-state actors to deal more effectively with the investigation, treatment,...

Gail Teixeira wants Eric Phillips removed from this position

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gail Teixeira wants Eric Phillips removed from this position

Dear Editor, I write concerning a letter which was published in your newspaper of March 14, 2016 captioned “We slaved for Guyana; we must have our lands”by Mr. Eric Phillips on behalf of the...

Royston King cannot deny that there is corruption/cronyism at City Hall

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Royston King cannot deny that there is corruption/cronyism at City Hall

Dear Editor, The Town Clerk Royston King has chosen to rebut the criticisms he has been receiving from many, many persons by suggesting that some of the misanthropists have individual and hidden...

The police are refusing to prosecute these people in Sparta

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police are refusing to prosecute these people in Sparta

Dear Editor, The residents of Sparta want the public to know of an intolerable issue that has been plaguing them for a number of years and which the authority seems not to care about. A woman and her...

Crime has taken over this country

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Crime has taken over this country

Dear Editor, If there is one country in the Caribbean that needs a break from the epidemic of crime, it is Guyana. Prisoner rehabilitation then must be seen in a larger context than just benefiting...

A vision can make City Hall do foolish things

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A vision can make City Hall do foolish things

Dear Editor, As we look on in amazement at the Georgetown Municipality careen from one foolish initiative to another we wonder if the officials there are answerable to no one but themselves. The most...

Hamilton Green asks; why is age a problem?

Mar 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green asks; why is age a problem?

Dear Editor, After reading a letter by one Mark Roopan in Kaieteur News of Sunday, March 27, 2016 titled: ”Hamilton Green is like the Moon – day break will come;” I felt a sense of pity and...